Epidemiology of pneumothorax in England

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 666-671

  Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Hansell, Anna ^b   Nichols, Tom ^b   Duong, Trinh ^b   Ayres, Jon G ^a   Strachan, David ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality trends; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; WALES;

EID: 0033925569     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.8.666     Document Type: Article

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